Still baffled by choice of ethx

[Timothy Murphy]

Matthew Saltzman wrote:

>> I sort of realized that this is the intention of the networking
>> directories. Unfortunately it does not seem to work in my case,
>> assuming one is meant to use system-config-network to choose the profile.
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> One is, or one can select it on the kernel boot line in grub (but I
> don't recall the parameter format).
> 
> Use system-config-network to make copies of the base interfaces, then
> edit them.  Create a new profile and check your copies as being
> activated in that profile.  In theory, when you select a profile, the
> ifcfg file for the edited copy is linked in.

I did try this (with system-config-network) but it didn't seem to work.
Doesn't really matter in my case, as I don't need profiles -
I was just experimenting.
But I certainly don't find the system-config-network interface 
very intuitive.




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> I haven't seriously tried to make it work in quite a while, though.
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>> > NetworkManager is a better tool for most wireless connections (modulo
>> > issues with some older cards and some drivers).  It works fine for
>> > wired connections too, as long as they DHCP.
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>> Sadly, NM does not work with my WiFi device (Orinoco Classic Gold).
>> In any case, I doubt if it is appropriate in this case,
>> where I have a desktop server with fixed Access Point.
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> If you only have one AP then you shouldn't need NM or profiles.  If it's
> WEP, then simple configuration with system-config-network should work.
> If WPA, you'll need to work with wpa_supplicant.  NM works with that,
> but I don't know much about making it work on its own.
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